Chertoff: Failure of immigration reform led to extreme measures

[AlphaCentauri]

Source: newsday

A failure to enact comprehensive federal immigration reform has led to extreme measures at the local level around the country on both sides of the contentious issue, the nation's homeland security secretary said Monday.

Michael Chertoff, who spoke at Yale Law School, was asked about New Haven becoming the first city in the nation last year to issue identification cards to illegal immigrants.

"New Haven is probably at one extreme of the approach to the issue of illegal immigration," Chertoff said.

He said the other extremes were some parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia that have tried to make it illegal to rent to illegal immigrants.




Read more: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--homelandsecurity0407apr07,0,7354004.story

[babylonsister]

1. Here's what I think about Chertoff's extreme measures:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. I know someone that does work at Chertoff's PA home.

These are not nice folks, the Chertoffs. Not nice at all. Mrs. Chertoff is a very nasty piece of work.

[saigon68]

4. Especially when Skeletor shows up

[Javaman]

3. REX-84 nt

[bluestateguy]

5. Q-ball Chertoff may want to try enforcing the existing laws on the books

And nicely asking the people here illegally to kindly consider relocating elsewhere.

[AlphaCentauri]

6. enforcing the existing law would not change anything

taken actions would be directed to the minority who speak spanish, look like hispanic or last name is hispanic.

[High Plains]

7. Chertoff is right on this one.

We had the chance to enact comprehensive immigration reform last year. Didn't happen because of all the screaming from xenophobes, who wanted only fences and, I guess, mass deportations.